The Ground Below

It is an axiom within cognitive science that perception creates reality in the conscious mind. The mechanisms of the phantom limb experience illustrate this perfectly. When the neural signals persist in regions where physical components no longer exist, they form a "ground" in the abstract — a cognitive topography mapped by memories rather than by material presence.

Groundlessness fosters curiosity. When the tangible is absent, as in the case of missing limbs, we cultivate an understanding based on tactile dreams. These play out as echoes in the cerebrum — auditory and kinesthetic narrations of a space that was once solid. This begs the query: Does a non-entity exert influence, or are we perpetually bound by its absence?

Groundless theories thread through evanescent networks of thought as we insistently probe the phantom signals.
Sensors Unseen
A Phantom Message